Toy.



J. A. KING.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED APR-8, I915- Patented July 13, 1915.

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TOY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented .nn raters.

Application filed April 8, 1915. Serial No. 20,015.

- vention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to the art of toys, and particularly to animproved aerial projectile or propeller and means for operating thesame, and an object of the invention is to provide an improved holderfor operating the projectile or propeller.

A further object of the invention is to provide a holder for theoperating means comprising a housing having a suitable handle, and inwhich housing a twine or cord propelled shaft is mounted in a thrustbearing, so as to revolve with a minimum amount of friction, there beingtwo pieces of cord or twine, so that as one is pulled to revolve theshaft in one direction, in order to impart a revoluble movement to theaerial projectile or propeller, the other cord or twine is wound uponthe shaft, so as to obviate the necessity of previously winding theshaft before replacing the projectile, and after each time theprojectile is proj ected from the shaft.

In practical fields the details of construction may necessitatealterations, falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, ashereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings,-Figure 1 is a view showing improved holder and thetwine or cord propelled shaft including the projectile constructed inaccordance with the invention, showing one piece of cord wound about theshaft. Fig. 2 1s a vertical sectional view showing the other piece ofcord wound uponthe shaft. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the blank, from whichthe housing is constructed.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 designates the housing,which is constructed from a single sheet metal blank as shown in Fig. 3.This blank is bent to form the three longitudinal sides of the holderdesignated res ectively by the numerals 2, 3 and 4. The lank is furtherbent to form the ends 4 and 5, which are provided with tongues 6, bentto pass through the slot 7 of the sides 2 and 4, and further bent asshown at 8 to engage the inner faces of said ends, in the manner shown.However, before the end 5 is bent the same is fastened to one end of thehandle 9, by means of suitable screws 10. The end 5 is provided withthrust bearings 11, in which the lower tapered end 12 of the shaft 13 ismounted. The shaft adjacent the tapered end is provided with a collar15, between which and the cross bar; 16, a coil spring 17 is inter--posed, acting to bear yieldably on the collar, to hold the tapered endof the shaft yieldably in its thrust bearing, whereby the shaft willrevolve easily. The upper portion of the shaft is mounted in suitablebearing 18 of the upper end 4 of the housing, and beyond the upper end4, the shaft is provided with a collar 19, and beyond the collar, with.

a rectangular. end 20, to engage a correspondingly'shaped opening 21 inthe revoluble projectile or propeller 22. The projectile or propeller isof the usual shape comprising the four blades 23 and 24, two of whichare long, whereas the other two are short. These blades are deflected ortwisted suitably, to cause the projectile, when leaving the upperrectangular end of the shaft to ascend. The longitudinal sides of thehousing are provided with apertures 25 and 26, and passing through theaperture 25 is apiece of cord or twine 27, which, as shown in Fig. 1 iswound upon the shaft and attach ed thereto. Passing through the aperture26 is a second piece of cord or twine 28, which is attached to theshaft, but unwound. It is to be observed that when the twine 2 7 ispulled the shaft will revolve, and thereby impart movement to theprojectile, which with such force as to cause the same to leave theupper end of the shaft and ascend into the atmosphere. .When the shaftrevolves in this manner the second piece of cord 28 is wound upon theshaft, in which case the shaft is ready to be operated in the otherdirection when the propeller or projectile is replaced thereon. Theinvention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful is Ina device asset forth, a housing having a handle, a twine propelledshaft, the upper portion of which is mounted in a bearing of the upperend of the housing, the lower end of the shaft having a thrust bearingin 1 the -1oWer end of the housing, means for Wound on the shaft as theother cord un- 1o yieldably holding the shaft in said thrust winds andvice versa.

bearing, a self-detachable projectile detach- In testimony whereof Ihavesigned my ably mounted on the upper end of said shaft, name to thisspecification in the presence of a cord wound upon said shaft andextending two subscribing Witnesses.

through a guide of the housing for'rotating JAMES A. KING. the shaft inone direction, a second cord ex- Witnesses: tending through a guide ofthe housing and GEORGE H. NUssEL,

connected to said shaft and adapted to be WM. F. WHITE.

